COPPÉE (François). *Une Idylle pendant le Siège*. Paris: Alp - Lot 237

COPPÉE (François). *Une Idylle pendant le Siège*. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1874. In-12, paperback. First edition of the author’s first novel. Signed by the author: “To Alexis Orsat, his friend François Coppée.” Alexis Orsat (1837–1906), a civil servant at the Ministry of War and a friend of Zola, Huysmans, Barbey d’Aurevilly, and Coppée, among others, served as the model for Gabriel Fontaine, the novel’s hero. Minor flaws on the cover.

Estimate:£125.19

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